Why, why, why did I mention it?!

[Holycowiloveyoureyes]

We have 2 blocks of flats near us that are getting demolished. They did some last year and DS loved it. He still goes on and in about it, re-enacting it with everything from lego to pub menus!

I found out today they're getting knocked down when we're on holiday and I made the mistake of telling him.

Oh god! We've had tears, proper heartfelt sobs and now he's in a right arse and lashing out at us all.

We'd had such a nice day as well.

If only I could turn back time!

Is he upset because he'll be missing it? Perhaps someone can catch it on video for him?

Yes, upset that we won't be able to see it.

I've suggested we'll get his friend's dad to film it for him but that won't do! I'm sure he'll calm down eventually, bless him.

If you are holidaying anywhere with easy wifi access, could you get his friend's dad to FaceTime it live to him?

We don't have face time, is that an iPhone thing?

Even if I'd not told him we would have had the upset when we got home and he saw them gone.

I'll bribe him with you tube videos of demolitions to placate him a bit, though no doubt I'll get comments that I'm just indulging him.

FaceTime is iPhone/iPad video / telephone app. I use it to talk to my eldest when she's abroad on business

Yes, I agree with Polter on this. We've ALL done it. Sometimes I hear myself say something like that and want to just reach out and grab the words back, because I KNOW as soon as I've said them that it is going to cause a meltdown.

Or sometimes I tell him something early to get the initial "supermeltdown" out of the way, only to find he's quite happy to repeat it later as well. Ooops. So much for trying to head off major chaos out in public then.

Yes, my fear is we'll have another meltdown next time we drive past.

Stupid council, how dare they not consult us

The nerve, eh?

Our bloody council built a new shopping centre
Do they not realise things like that cause us mums lots of grief .
I Do laugh because DS loves to go shopping but he won't go into the new shopping centre as he's still adamant it shouldn't be there and it should have stayed as a car park.

DS1 is having fits over these "false fronts" on vacant shops.

my apologies - I shouldn't have said "having fits"... but he doesn't like them and gets in an uproar every time he sees them, as they're not "proper shops"

sorry, a bit tired and brain is simply not engaged tonight.. I haven't used that expression in god knows how long (20's maybe - and I mean as IN my 20's, not since the 20's - I'm old, but not THAT old!!)